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New proclamation highlights respiratory health awareness across Phoenix, Arizona

At the request of the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), the City of Phoenix and Mayor Kate Gallego officially proclaimed October 18, 2026, as Love Your Lungs Day for Phoenix, Arizona.

29 Sep 2026

Perceiving life as getting worse raises suicidal ideation risk

New research finds that people are far more likely to report suicidal ideation when they perceive their life to be getting worse relative to their own recent past, rather than because of their income, age or health status alone.

29 Sep 2026

Targeting specific nuclear receptor could help preserve aging muscle function

Scientists in the Gerhart-Hines Group pinpoint a molecular cause of muscle aging, and a possible fix. By investigating how muscles adapt to age and disease-related decline, the scientists discovered the involvement of a druggable nuclear receptor, ERRγ, that could be targeted to preserve muscle function.

29 Sep 2026

Microplastics impair liver function and increase fat in mice

Microplastics appear capable of significantly impairing the function of phagocytes in the liver, at least in mice. In turn, this disrupts the metabolism of this vital organ and increases the build-up of fat inside it.

29 Sep 2026

UCLA Health joins initiative to expand employment for disabled Californians

UCLA Health is set to participate in a new three-year initiative to expand employment opportunities and training for Californians with intellectual and developmental disabilities - a population that has historically been overlooked by the job market.

29 Sep 2026

War shocks Ukrainian mental health with widespread trauma and PTSD

A national survey of Ukrainian residents provides one of the clearest estimates to date of the psychological impact of the ongoing war.

29 Sep 2026

Veterinary sedative in fentanyl supply spikes severe withdrawal cases

A powerful veterinary sedative, medetomidine, is increasingly infiltrating the street supplies of the already deadly opioid fentanyl, with patients suffering from its withdrawal quadrupling in recent years, according to a new analysis by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

29 Sep 2026

BD² announces third funding call for clinical sites to improve bipolar disorder care

Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD²) today announced its third call for applications for clinical sites to join the BD² Integrated Network.

29 Sep 2026

Dropping vaccine mandate could spark the largest measles epidemic in the United States

Measles is making a comeback. Once considered eliminated from the United States, the disease has been popping up around the country as vaccine coverage declines.

29 Sep 2026

Next-generation electronic skin senses and visualizes pressure in real time

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a next-generation electronic skin that can both sense and directly visualize pressure in real time, addressing key limitations of current wearable sensing technologies.

29 Sep 2026

New study uncovers breakthrough window to prevent brain metastasis

Metastasis, the process by which a tumor spreads throughout the body, is associated with the majority of cancer deaths.

29 Sep 2026

Radioactive collagen tiles double survival for brain metastasis patients

A multicenter clinical trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found that implanting collagen tiles during brain surgery to deliver targeted radiation therapy dramatically improved tumor control, lowered the risk of recurrence and improved overall survival compared to current standard of care for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases in need of surgical resection.

29 Sep 2026

Battery-free smart shoe could help monitor movement disorders

Rutgers engineers have developed a smart shoe that automatically analyzes how a person walks, a technology that someday could help monitor people with Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and other movement disorders.

29 Sep 2026

New nanoparticles could protect soldiers from deadly nerve agents

Nanoparticles could someday provide a new way to help soldiers fight back against deadly nerve agents on the frontline.

29 Sep 2026

Greater variation in blood pressure associated with higher risk of death and strokes

Greater variation in blood pressure between research visits was associated with a higher risk of death in a study of more than 57,000 UK Biobank participants.

29 Sep 2026

Scientists discover how excess dietary salt drives 'lean MASH'

Fatty liver disease is commonly associated with obesity, yet a growing number of people with normal body weight develop a severe form of the condition.

29 Sep 2026

Canadian study links neighborhood poverty levels to type 2 diabetes risk

The area in which someone lives strongly influences their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research from Canada being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28 – Oct 2) suggests.

29 Sep 2026

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Bioprocess monitoring with the ultraDAWN™ Detector provides continuous data to support faster process development and improved product quality.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 29 Sep 2026

Short voice recordings could screen patients for type 2 diabetes

Signs of type 2 diabetes can be detected in just a few seconds from the way someone talks, new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28 – Oct 2) shows.

29 Sep 2026

New registry data shows semaglutide does not cause pancreatic cancer

New research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28 – Oct 2) shows no link between semaglutide use and pancreatic cancer using nationwide registry data from Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

29 Sep 2026